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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Agnate

· Ag·nate · IPA /ˈæɡneɪt/
01 a. Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor; as, agnate brother: a brother having the same father, but a…
  1. 1.
    Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor; as, agnate brother: a brother having the same father, but a different mother; in ths sense it is a correlative of uterine.
  2. 2.
    Allied; akin.
    “Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former.” — Landor.
02 n. A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
  1. 1.
    A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.(Civil Law)